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Ref. : EIC 230/2/3/2/13

25 August 2020

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 650/2020

European Union (EU)* : Extension of the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China to imports of slightly modified certain corrosion resistant steels

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 859/2019 of 27 November 2019, the European Commission published an Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1156 on 5 August 2020 extending the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/186 on imports of certain corrosion resistant steels originating in the Mainland of China to imports of slightly modified certain corrosion resistant steels. The implementing regulation is available at:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32020R1156&from=EN.

2.In gist, the definitive anti-dumping duty imposed by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/186 is extended to imports of flat-rolled products of iron or alloy steel or non-alloy steel; plated or coated by hot dip galvanisation with zinc and/or aluminium and/or magnesium, whether or not alloyed with silicon; chemically passivated; with or without any additional surface treatment such as oiling or sealing; containing by weight: not more than 0.5 % of carbon, not more than 1.1 % of aluminium, not more than 0.12 % of niobium, not more than 0.17 % of titanium and not more than 0.15 % of vanadium; presented in coils, cut-to-length sheets and narrow strips, currently falling under CN codes ex 7210 41 00, ex 7210 49 00, ex 7210 61 00, ex 7210 69 00, ex 7210 90 80, ex 7212 30 00, ex 7212 50 61, ex 7212 50 69, ex 7212 50 90, ex 7225 92 00, ex 7225 99 00, ex 7226 99 30, ex 7226 99 70 (TARIC codes 7210 41 00 30, 7210 49 00 30, 7210 61 00 30, 7210 69 00 30, 7210 90 80 92, 7212 30 00 30, 7212 50 61 30, 7212 50 69 30, 7212 50 90 14, 7212 50 90 92, 7225 92 00 30, 7225 99 00 23, 7225 99 00 41, 7225 99 00 93, 7226 99 30 30, 7226 99 70 13, 7226 99 70 93), originating in the Mainland of China. The extended duty will be collected on such imports originating in the Mainland of China registered since 27 November 2019. Customs authorities have been directed to discontinue the registration of such imports. Requests for exemption from the extended duty should be made in writing to:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Office: CHAR 04/039
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
BELGIQUE/BELGIË

3.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at 2398 5684.

Yours faithfully,

(Miss Ronnie CHUI)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU comprises of 27 member countries, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden. The United Kingdom (UK) withdrew from the EU with effect from 31 January 2020, and has entered an implementation period which is due to last until 31 December 2020. During the implementation period, the EU law will continue to apply in the UK generally.